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JOE ADAMS
President
Discovery Science Center
Address: 2500 North Main Street
Santa Ana, CA 92705
Phone: (714) 542-2823
Email: jadams@discoverycube.org
2010 STEM Summit Speaker
Joe Adams is President of the Discovery Science Center in Santa Ana, California, a position
he has held since 2002. He received his M.B.A. from the University of California, Irvine in
2002, and a B.A. in Nuclear Engineering from Notre Dame University.
Prior to joining the Discovery Science Center, he served as an imagineer at Disney, where
he contributed to the design and engineering of the California Adventure theme park.
During his time at the DSC, the nonprofit center has enjoyed significant growth. Annual
attendance has jumped from 180,000 to 270,000, and the budget has doubled from $3
million to $6 million. Also, he has expanded outreach programs to local schools — fulfilling
the center’s mission to ―encourage more kids to become future scientists.‖ He has added
many new exhibits that align with the state science standards for grade-school children.
Mr. Adams recently led the development and design of the $2 million Science of Hockey
exhibit at the DSC, which is the first sport-centric science learning game environment in a
science center or museum that integrates physical hands-on learning activities with a
complementary online science and math learning game environment.
DR. SYBILLA BECKMANN
Professor
University of Georgia
Department of Mathematic
Address: 501 Boyd Graduate Studies Building
Athens, GA 30602
Phone: (706) 542-2548
Email: sybilla@math.uga.edu
2010 STEM Summit Speaker
Dr. Beckmann is a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Georgia. Her research
interests are in the Mathematical Education of Teachers, Arithmetic Geometry/Algebraic
Number Theory, and Mathematics Education from Pre-K to the graduate level.
Dr. Beckmann has done research in Arithmetic Geometry, but her current main interests
are the mathematical education of teachers and mathematics content for students,
especially for Pre-K through the middle grades. She developed three mathematics content
courses for prospective elementary school teachers at the University of Georgia and wrote a
book for such courses, Mathematics for Elementary Teachers, (2nd Ed., Addison Wesley).
Dr. Beckmann was a member of the writing team of NCTM’s Curriculum Focal Points for
Prekindergarten through Grade 8 Mathematics. She was also a member of Committee on
Early Childhood Mathematics of the National Research Council and co-author of its report,
Mathematics Learning in Early Childhood: Paths Toward Excellence and Equity. Beckmann
has won several teaching awards, including the General Sandy Beaver Teaching
Professorship awarded by the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Georgia.
Dr. Beckmann earned her Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Pennsylvania and
taught at Yale University as a J. W. Gibbs Instructor of Mathematics.
DR. PHILLIP BELL
Associate Professor of Learning Sciences
University of Washington
Educational Psychology
Office: 322J Miller Hall
Seattle, WA 98195-3600
Phone (206) 221-5360
Email: pbell@u.washington.edu
2010 STEM Summit Speaker
Dr. Philip Bell is an associate professor of the Learning Sciences at the University of
Washington and the Geda and Phil Condit Professor of Science and Mathematics
Education. He pursues a cognitive and cultural program of research across diverse
environments focused on how people learn in ways that are personally consequential to
them.
Dr. Bell directs the ethnographic and design-based research of the Everyday Science and
Technology Group (http://everydaycognition.org) as well as directs the University of
Washington Institute for Science and Mathematics Education focused on coordinating P-20
education efforts across the university. Bell has studied everyday expertise and cognition in
science and health, the design and use of novel learning technologies in science classrooms,
children's argumentation, culturally responsive science instruction, the use of emerging
digital technologies within youth culture, and new approaches to inquiry instruction in
science.
Dr. Bell is a Co-Lead of the Learning in Informal and Formal Environments (LIFE) Center
(http://life-slc.org/) and is a Co-PI of COSEE-Ocean Learning Communities
(http://coseeolc.org/). Bell serves as a member of the Board on Science Education with the
National Academy of Sciences and co-chaired the National Research Council consensus
report effort on Learning Science in Informal Environments.
He earned his Ph.D. (Education-Human Cognition & Development) and M.A.
(Mathematics, Science, and Technology) degrees at the University of California, Berkeley.
His B.S. was in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of
Colorado at Boulder.
DR. ROBERT J. BIRGENEAU
UC Berkeley
Chancellor
Address: 200 California Hall #1500
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720
Phone: (510) 642-7464
Email: chancellor@berkeley.edu
2010 STEM Summit Speaker
Robert J. Birgeneau became the ninth chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley, on September 22, 2004. An internationally distinguished physicist, he is a leader in higher education and is well known for his commitment to diversity and equity in the academic community.
Before coming to Berkeley, Birgeneau served four years as president of the University of Toronto. He previously was Dean of the School of Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he spent 25 years on the faculty. He is a fellow of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, the Royal Society of London, the American Philosophical Society and other scholarly societies. He has received many awards for teaching and for his research on the fundamental properties of materials.
In 2006, Birgeneau received a special Founders Award from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences along with President John Hennessy of Stanford University and filmmaker George Lucas. Established in the 225th anniversary year of the Academy, this award honors men, women and institutions that have advanced the ideals and embody the spirit of the Academy founders — a commitment to intellectual inquiry, leadership and active engagement. In 2008, Birgeneau and President Nancy Kantor of Syracuse University received the 2008 Carnegie Corporation Academic Leadership Award as ―Champions of Excellence and Equity in Education.‖ Most recently, Birgeneau was a recipient, along with California’s First Lady, Maria Shriver, of the Shinnyo-en Foundation’s 2009 Pathfinders to Peace Prize for contributions to bringing about a more peaceful world. The foundation singled out Birgeneau for his ―commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion and to the integration of public service as an essential component of the academic experience.‖
Birgeneau has long been engaged with gender and diversity challenges in the STEM field.
As Dean of Science at MIT, he was responsible for commissioning the now famous study
that brought to light the systemic inequities in the treatment of senior women faculty at
MIT. This study raised consciousness across academe of the need for policies and measures
to pro-actively recruit and advance the careers of women in STEM fields.
Birgeneau was the only male invited to join the National Academies Committee on
Maximizing the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering. In 2006, the
Committee published its report Beyond Bias and Barriers: Fulfilling the Potential of
Women In Academic Science and Engineering. In 2007, he and Jo Handelsman published
―Women Advancing Science‖ in DNA and Cell Biology, arguing that a few significant
changes in the academic system could attract highly skilled women scientists and engineers
whose talents were being underused, thereby fortifying the country’s scientific leadership.
A Toronto native, Birgeneau received his B.Sc. in mathematics from the University of Toronto in 1963 and his Ph.D. in physics from Yale University in 1966. He served on the faculty of Yale for one year, spent one year at Oxford University, and was a member of the technical staff at Bell Laboratories from 1968 to 1975. He joined the physics faculty at MIT in 1975 and was named Chair of the Physics Department in 1988 and Dean of Science in 1991. He became the 14th president of the University of Toronto on July 1, 2000.
At Berkeley, Birgeneau holds faculty appointments in the Departments of Physics and Materials Science and Engineering in addition to serving as Chancellor.
He and his wife, Mary Catherine, have four grown children and nine grandchildren.
DR. RAFAEL L. BRAS
Distinguished Professor and Dean
University California, Irvine
The Henry Samueli School of Engineering
Address: 305 Rockwell Engineering Center
Irvine, CA 92697-2700
Phone: (949) 824-6002
Email: rlbras@uci.edu
2010 STEM Summit Speaker
Dr. Rafael L. Bras, Sc.D., a prominent hydrologist and hydro climatologist from MIT, joined
The Henry Samueli School of Engineering at the University of California, Irvine as
Distinguished Professor and Dean on September 1, 2008.
Dr. Bras is well known for his contributions to soil-vegetation-atmosphere system
modeling, and has been recognized for his innovative work describing and forecasting
floods and precipitation. Bras also has pioneered ideas about how the deforestation of the
Amazon will impact regional and continental climates.
Bras chairs an international panel of experts overseeing a multi-billion dollar project to
develop and construct a system of barriers that will protect Venice, Italy, from flooding
during unusually high tides. The project is scheduled for completion in 2014.
Prior to UC Irvine, Bras was the Edward A. Abdun-Nur Professor of Civil and
Environmental Engineering at MIT, and also held an appointment in the university’s
Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences.
His dedication to issues of diversity in the faculty and student body earned him MIT’s
Martin Luther King Leadership Award in 2000. His many awards include his election into
the U.S. National Academy of Engineering in 2001. He is a corresponding member of the
National Academy of Engineering of Mexico and a fellow of the American Association for
the Advancement of Science. In 1992, he received an honorary degree from the University
of Perugia, Italy.
A native of Puerto Rico, Bras holds three degrees from MIT: B.S. and M.S. in Civil
Engineering, and a science doctorate in water resources and hydrology.
DR. MARGARET R. BURCHINAL
Professor
Department of Education
University California, Irvine
Address: Education 2048
Irvine, CA 92697-5500
phone: (949) 824-9192
Email: mburchin@uci.edu
2010 STEM Summit Speaker
Dr. Margaret Burchinal is a Professor in the Department of Education, University
California, Irvine. Prior to joining the faculty at UC Irvine in 2008, Dr. Margaret R.
Burchinal was a Senior Scientist and Director of the Design and Statistical Computing Unit
at the Frank Porter Graham (FPG) Child Development Institute and Research Professor in
Psychology at the University of North Carolina.
Dr. Burchinal has served as the primary statistician for many educational studies of early
childhood, including the 11-state Pre-Kindergarten Evaluation for the National Center for
Early Learning and Development. Dr. Burchinal has pursued her substantive interest in
early education as a means to improve school readiness for at-risk children.
Prof. Burchinal is a member of the National Academy of Science’s Committee on
Developmental Outcomes and Assessments for Young Children. She has served on
numerous advisory committees including the Advisory Board for the National Center for
Educational Statistics and the Advisory Council for Head Start Research, Advisory Board
for Research Bureau of the Maternal and Child Health, Technical Work Group for Early
Reading First Evaluation, Advisory Board for the Los Angeles Universal Pre-Kindergarten
Program, and Technical Work Group for Early Reading First Evaluation. She currently
serves on the Editorial Board for the Child Development and Early Childhood Research
Quarterly.
Dr. Burchinal earned her B.S. in Psychology at Iowa State University, M.A. in Special
Education at the University of North Carolina, and Ph.D. in Quantitative Psychology at the
University of North Carolina.
DR. MILTON CHEN
Executive Director
Edutopia-The George Lucas Educational Foundation
Address: P. O. Box 3494
San Rafael, CA 94912
Phone: (415) 662-1600
Email: milton.chen@edutopia.org
2010 STEM Summit Speaker
Dr. Milton Chen is Executive Director of The George Lucas Educational Foundation
(GLEF), which documents and disseminates success stories of 21st Century learning via its
Edutopia.org website and documentaries. Prior to joining GLEF in 1998, Chen was the
founding director of PBS's KQED Center for Education, in San Francisco, managing the
channel’s TV programming, Web content, and outreach services for schools and families.
He has been a director of research at Sesame Workshop in New York and helped develop
the 3-2-1 Contact science series. He has also been an assistant professor at the Harvard
Graduate School of Education. Chen chairs the advisory council for St. Vincent College’s
Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children's Media, in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, and
has served on the National Parks Second Century Commission. His work has been honored
by the Congressional Black Caucus, Sesame Workshop's Elmo Award, and the Corporation
for Public Broadcasting’s Fred Rogers Award.
During 2007-08, he joined a group of 35 Fulbright New Century Scholars working on
access, and diversity issues in education, spending three months at the University of
Edinburgh.
Dr. Chen received an A.B. in social studies from Harvard College and his Ph.D. in
communication research from Stanford University. He is the author of the upcoming
Education Nation on educational innovation (Jossey-Bass, 2010).
DR. MICHAEL V. DRAKE, M.D.
Chancellor
University of California-Irvine
The Chancellor’s Office
Address: 510 Aldrich Hall
Irvine, CA 92697
Phone: (949) 824-5111
E-mail: chancellor@uci.edu
2010 STEM Summit Speaker
Michael V. Drake, M.D., was appointed chancellor of the University of California, Irvine in
July 2005. Prior to Chancellor Drake’s arrival at UCI, he served for five years as vice
president for health affairs at the University of California’s Office of the President,
overseeing academic program policy at UC’s 15 health sciences schools located on seven
campuses.
Chancellor Drake spent more than two decades on the faculty of the University of
California, San Francisco’s School of Medicine, becoming the Steven P. Shearing Professor
of Ophthalmology and senior associate dean. He has served as an administrative leader,
physician-scientist and teacher, conducting clinical research on glaucoma and maintaining
an active referral practice. Chancellor Drake has written dozens of scholarly articles and
chapters, and co-authored five textbooks.
Chancellor Drake has received numerous honors and awards for teaching, public service
and research, including the Burbridge Award for Public Service, Asbury Award (clinical
science), Michael J. Hogan Award (laboratory science), UCSF School of Medicine Clinical
Teaching Award, S.J. Kimura Teaching Award, UCSF School of Medicine Alumnus of the
Year Award, and the Gold-Headed Cane Society Speaker’s Cane.
Dr. Drake earned his A.B. at Stanford University and his M.D. from UC San Francisco.
DR. THEODORE W. DUCAS
Professor
Wellesley College
Department of Physics
Address: 386 Science Center
Wellesley, MA 02481
Phone: (781) 283-3047
Email: tducas@wellesley.edu
2010 STEM Summit Speaker
Dr. Theodore Ducas has designed and taught a wide variety of courses from the
introductory level to advanced seminars for majors. A significant number of these
courses are interdisciplinary including: Medical Physics, The Physics of Marine
Mammals, and Critical Decisions and Medical Technology. The latter course was
developed with colleagues under a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation's New
Liberal Arts Program.
He, along with Prof. Daniel Kleppner at MIT, developed and directs TOPS (Teaching
Opportunities in Physical Science), a summer program associated with the MIT-
Harvard Center for Ultracold Atoms. This program, entering its eighth year, is aimed at
encouraging students with a strong background in physics to consider careers as pre-
college physical science teachers.
A recent major initiative of Dr. Ducas is the implementation, with colleagues from
Wellesley and Olin College, of an introductory engineering course and associated
seminars and advising. The goal is to provide an exciting and effective experience
designed to motivate and prepare students to pursue further studies in engineering.
Dr. Ducas has served on the advisory boards of two PBS science education series: "3-2-1
Contact" and "The Voyage of the Mimi." These series were both designed to excite eight
to twelve year olds about science and technology with a focus on female and minority
children who are often socialized away from science at the critical target ages.
Connecting to even younger learners, Dr. Ducas consulted with "Sesame Street" on the
development of a science curriculum.
His research in Physics has been largely in the area of laser spectroscopy of atoms and
molecules. Recently he has been working with optical and magnetic tweezers to study
biological systems.
DR. GREG J. DUNCAN
Distinguished Professor
University California, Irvine
Department of Education
Address: Education 2062
Irvine, CA 92697-5500
Phone: (949)824-7831
Email: gduncan@uci.edu
2010 STEM Summit Speaker
Dr. Greg Duncan is Distinguished Professor in the Department of Education at UCI. Dr.
Duncan comes to the University of California, Irvine from Northwestern University, where
he served as the Edwina S. Tarry Professor in the School of Education and Social Policy and
Faculty Affiliate in the Institute for Policy Research. He was principal investigator of the
Panel Study of Income Dynamics project at Michigan, professor of economics, and
Distinguished Research Scientist at Michigan's Survey Research Center for 13 years prior to
going to Northwestern in 1995.
Dr. Duncan has published extensively on issues of child poverty and child and adolescent
development. He is co-author of ―Higher Ground: New Hope for the Working Poor and
Their Children‖ (2007) and co-editor with Lindsay Chase Lansdale of ―For Better and For
Worse: Welfare Reform and the Well-Being of Children and Families‖ (2001). He co-edited
two books on neighborhood poverty and child development: ―Consequences of Growing up
Poor‖ (Russell Sage, 1997) and the two-volume ―Neighborhood Poverty‖ (Russell Sage,
1997).
Dr. Duncan continues to study skill development across childhood and the impacts of
poverty and other environmental conditions on children and adolescents.
Dr. Duncan was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2001 and the
National Academy of Education in 2009. He was president of the Population Association of
America for 2008 and was elected president of the Society for Research in Child
Development for 2009-2011.
ARI W. EPSTEIN
Lecturer, CEE and Terrascope Program
Terrascope
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Address: Room 16-177
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139
Phone: (617) 253-3666
Email: awe@mit.edu
2010 STEM Summit Speaker
Dr. Ari W. Epstein is a Lecturer in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering.
As a scientist and educator, Dr. Epstein has broad experience communicating science to the
public in a variety of media. From 1999 to 2001, he was Editor of Scientific American
Explorations, a science magazine for families. Dr. Epstein has been a Visiting Scholar at the
New England Aquarium where he assisted in the development of a variety of programs and
exhibits and brought together teams of scientists, designers, educators and others as an
example of his broad experience in working with interdisciplinary, project-oriented teams.
He served as a content consultant and on-camera guest for the "High Seas" and "World of
Water" television series, broadcast live to elementary schools across the U.S.
Dr. Epstein earned his A.B. at Harvard and his Ph.D. in Physical Oceanography from the
MIT/Woods Hole Joint Program. His thesis work had a strong emphasis on
interdisciplinary research in physical/biological interactions, so he is comfortable helping
students to analyze problems related to fluid flows and their environmental effects
DR. MICHAEL J. FEUER
Executive Director
National Academies
Address: 5126 Chevy Chase Pkwy NW
Washington, D. C. 20008
Phone: (202) 363-2472
Email: MFeuer@nas.edu
2010 STEM Summit Speaker
Dr. Michael J. Feuer is the Executive Director of the Division of Behavioral and Social
Sciences and Education in the National Research Council (NRC) of the National Academies,
where he is responsible for a broad portfolio of studies and other activities aimed at
improved economic, social, and education policymaking.
He was the first director of the NRC’s Center for Education and the founding director of the
Board on Testing and Assessment. Before joining the NRC in 1993, Dr. Feuer was a senior
analyst and project director at the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment.
Upon earning his doctorate at the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Feuer remained at Penn
teaching graduate seminars in education and working at the Higher Education Finance
Research Institute. He then joined the faculty of the business school at Drexel University,
teaching courses in public policy and management and continuing his research on the
economics of human capital.
Dr. Feuer was the Burton and Inglis Lecturer at Harvard University in 2004–05. The book
based on these lectures, ―Moderating the Debate: Rationality and the Promise of American
Education‖, was published by Harvard in 2006. His articles and reviews have been
published in economics and policy journals, as well as in the New York Times, the
Philadelphia Inquirer, and other newspapers. He was elected to the National Academy of
Education in 2003 and as fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of
Science in 2006.
Dr. Feuer graduated from Queens College (CUNY) with a major in English literature and
journalism. He holds a Ph.D. in Public Policy from the University of Pennsylvania and an
MA from the Wharton School, and studied public administration at the Hebrew University
of Jerusalem and political science at the Sorbonne.
DR. ROCHEL GELMAN
Rutgers University
Professor II
Cognitive Psychology
Address: Busch Campus
152 Frelinghuysen Road
Piscataway, NJ 08854-8020
Phone: (732) 445-6154
Email: rgelman@ruccs.rutgers.edu
2010 STEM Summit Speaker
Dr. Rochel Gelman is Professor of Cognitive Psychology at Rutgers University. Before
coming to Rutgers in 2000, she was at the University of Pennsylvania for 21 years and
University of California, Los Angeles for 11 years. Dr. Gelman has been Co-Director of the
Rutgers Center for Cognitive Science (RuCCS) since 2002.
Dr. Gelman has developed ways to uncover and study the ease with which young children
acquire intuitive understandings of natural number and arithmetic, that different sources of
energy support the movement and change over time about moveable animate and
inanimate objects, that outcomes have causes, learn words and conversationally
appropriate ways of talking. On the theoretical side, Dr. Gelman’s efforts are dedicated to
the task of developing the kind of theory of learning that accommodates both the early
learning that occurs on the fly and the later learning that requires effort.
Ongoing research in her lab includes studies of both verbal and nonverbal representations
of number and arithmetic. They are now involved in studying the effect of embedding a
preschool science program into classrooms in the New Brunswick area.
Dr. Gelman also has students and collaborators studying the development course of
learning about quantifiers and numerals, counting systems in different culture, and the
nature of inputs for learning verbs. Dr. Gelman is now working with a group of researchers
to study dyscalculia.
Dr. Gelman earned her Ph.D. from University of California, Los Angeles with
specializations in Developmental Psychology and Learning.
DR. HERBERT GINSBURG
Professor of Psychology and Education
Columbia University
Address: 525 W. 120th St.
New York, NY 10027
Phone: (212) 678-3443
Email: hpg4@columbia.edu
2010 STEM Summit Speaker
Dr. Herbert Ginsburg is Jacob Schiff Professor of Psychology and Education at Teachers
College Columbia University. Dr. Ginsburg’s scholarly interests include intellectual
development, mathematics education, and testing and assessment.
Dr. Ginsburg’s writing includes ―Entering the Child's Mind: The Clinical Interview in
Psychological Research and Practice‖ (Cambridge University Press) and ―Piaget's Theory of
Intellectual Development‖ (Prentice-Hall).
Dr. Ginsburg developed ―Big Math for Little Kids‖ (Pearson Pub.) with Carole Greenes at
Boston University and Robert Balfanz at Johns Hopkins. The program was created as a
comprehensive math curriculum for four and five-year-old children. It covers a range of
topics in mathematics – numbers, shapes, operations on number, pattern, measurement,
and space, and offers an activity for children to do at least once a day throughout the whole
school year. The activities are intended to be enjoyable and to engage children in
challenging mathematical thinking and learning.. Topics and activities are designed to be
presented in a sequence based on research concerning developmental trajectories, ―Big
Math for Little Kids‖ is a curriculum in the sense of a planned, organized set of activities
that requires intentional teaching., After helping to develop the curriculum, Dr. Ginsburg
has been involved in extensive work on in-service programs of professional development.
The goal was—and is—to help teachers understand the mathematics, the children, and the
curriculum.
Dr. Ginsburg earned his B.A. at Harvard University, and he received his M.S. and Ph.D.
from the University of North Carolina.
DR. MICHAEL GOTTFREDSON
Executive Vice Chancellor
University California, Irvine
Address: 509 Aldrich Hall,
Irvine, CA 92697- 1000
Phone: (949) 824-6296
Email:gottfred@uci.edu
2010 STEM Summit Speaker
Dr. Michael Gottfredson became the Executive Vice Chancellor at University California,
Irvine in July, 2000. As Executive Vice Chancellor, he is the chief academic and budget
officer for the campus. Prior to joining the University of California, Gottfreson was Vice
President for Undergraduate Education and Professor of Management and Policy, Law,
Sociology, and Psychology at the University of Arizona. He joined the University of Arizona
in 1985, after teaching at the Claremont Graduate School, the University of Illinois at
Urbana, and the State University of New York at Albany.
Dr. Gottfredson's research and teaching specialties are theories of crime and delinquency
and the criminal justice system. Gottfredson has served as the Director of the Criminal
Justice Research Center, a private not-for-profit corporation in New York, and on the board
of directors for The Parent Connection, the Crime and Justice Research Center, and Orange
County United Way.
He is a Fellow of the American Society of Criminology and in 1996 was selected as the
Andersen Consulting Professor of the Year in the College of Business and Public
Administration. In 2001, he was given the Paul Tappan Award by the Western Society of
Criminology for "outstanding contributions to criminology" and, in 2003 he received the
Richard McGee Award by the American Justice Institute for "outstanding contributions to
crime and delinquency theory."
Dr. Gottfredson earned his A.B. from the University of California, Davis and his Ph.D. from
the State University of New York at Albany.
DR. RAY J. HAYNES
Director of Strategic Alliances
Northrop Grumman Space Technology
Address: One Space Park E1/5024
Redondo Beach, CA 90278
Phone: (310) 812-5572
Email: ray.haynes@ngc.com
2010 STEM Summit Speaker
Dr. Ray Haynes is Director of the University Strategic Alliances, Office of Technology
Development at Northrop Grumman Space Technology.
Dr. Haynes has a 40+ year professional career spanning both industry and academia. Dr.
Haynes is active with several colleges of engineering advisory boards and works closely with
two California charter high schools and his alma mater, Nogales High School in Arizona.
Dr. Haynes has presented and published over 100 articles, studies, and cases on
engineering management and technical leadership. He has been a lecturer at the University
of Arizona, Arizona State University, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Cal Tech, MIT, Purdue,
Stanford, University of California, Riverside and other schools.
He has been an advisor for MESA Minority Engineering, Native American student groups,
and an elder for NGC Native American Caucus.
Dr. Haynes has also served as Faculty Fellow in Project Management Initiative for Hewlett-
Packard and Professor and Director of EMP (Graduate Engineering Management Program)
for Cal Poly University. Dr. Haynes holds a Ph.D. in Operations Logistics from Arizona
State University.
DR. NANCY H. HOPKINS
Professor of Biology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Biology Department and Koch Institute
for Integrative Cancer Research
Address: 40 Ames Street,
Room E17-341
Cambridge, MA 02139
Phone: (617) 253-6414
Email: nhopkins@mit.edu
2010 STEM Summit Speaker
Dr. Nancy Hopkins is the Amgen, Inc. Professor of Biology at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology.
Geneticist Nancy Hopkins achieved unprecedented success in cloning genes essential for
early vertebrate development by exploiting the zebrafish as a model organism. Using
insertional mutagenesis, a technique pioneered in invertebrate animals such as Drosophila
but long considered impossible to apply efficiently in vertebrates, Hopkins's laboratory
cloned hundreds of genes that play a role in creating a viable fish embryo.
This research has earned her several accolades, including her 1998 election to the American
Academy of Arts and Sciences and 1999 election to the Institute of Medicine. Hopkins has
gained additional recognition for her revolutionary work on gender equity issues in science,
including many awards and many hundreds of requests to speak on the topic.
In 2004, Hopkins became a member of the National Academy of Sciences.
Dr. Hopkins earned her bachelors degree from Radcliffe and her doctorate from Harvard
University.
DR. JANET HYDE
Professor
University of Wisconsin
Psychology and Women's Studies
Address: 1202 W. Johnson St.
410 Psychology
Madison, WI 53706-1611
Phone: (608) 262-9522
Email: jshyde@wisc.edu
2010 STEM Summit Speaker
Dr. Janet Hyde is a Professor of Psychology and Women's Studies at the University of
Wisconsin in Madison.
Her research falls in the areas of psychology of women and gender-role development. One
current research project focuses on the emergence of gender differences in depression in
adolescence, using data from our longitudinal project, The Wisconsin Study of Families and
Work. Another current project, funded by the National Science Foundation, uses the
technique of meta-analysis to synthesize available data on gender differences and
similarities in mathematics performance.
Dr. Hyde co-authored articles in 2006 (Journal of Mathematical Behavior, volume 25) and
2008 (Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, volume 54) which focused on mother-child interactions
during math homework as well as a 2008 article (Science) on gender differences and
similarities in mathematics performance.
Dr. Hyde earned her Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley.
CHANCELLOR LINDA P. B. KATEHI
Chancellor and Provost
University of California, Davis
Address: One Shields Avenue
Fifth floor, Mark Hall
Davis, CA 95616
Phone: (530) 752-2065
Email: katehi@ucdavis.edu
2010 STEM Summit Speaker
Dr. Linda Katehi became the sixth chancellor of the University of California, Davis, on
August 17, 2009. As chief executive officer, she oversees all aspects of the university’s
teaching, research and public service mission.
Chancellor Katehi also holds University California, Davis faculty appointments in electrical
and computer engineering and in women and gender studies. A member of the National
Academy of Engineering, she chairs the President’s Committee for the National Medal of
Science and is chair of the Secretary of Commerce’s committee for the National Medal of
Technology and Innovation. She is a fellow and board member of the American Association
for the Advancement of Science and a member of many other national boards and
committees.
Previously, Chancellor Katehi served as provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at
the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign; the John A. Edwardson Dean of
Engineering and professor of electrical and computer engineering at Purdue University;
and associate dean for academic affairs and graduate education in the College of
Engineering and professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the University
of Michigan.
She earned her bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the National Technical
University of Athens, Greece and her master’s and doctoral degrees in electrical engineering
from University California, Los Angeles.
DR. MARIA KLAWE
President
Harvey Mudd College
Address: 301 Platt Boulevard
Claremont, CA 92711
Phone: (909) 621-8120
Email: klawe@hmc.edu
2010 STEM Summit Speaker
Dr. Maria Klawe became the fifth president at Harvey Mudd College in 2006. A renowned
computer scientist and scholar, President Klawe is the first woman to lead the college since
its founding in 1955. Prior to joining HMC, she served as dean of engineering and professor
of computer science at Princeton University. During her time at Princeton, Maria led the
School of Engineering and Applied Science through a strategic planning exercise that
created an exciting and widely embraced vision for the school.
Dr. Klawe joined Princeton from the University of British Columbia where she served as
dean of science from 1998 to 2002, vice president of student and academic services from
1995 to 1998 and head of the Department of Computer Science from 1988 to 1995. Prior to
UBC, President Klawe spent eight years with IBM Research in California, and two years at
the University of Toronto.
Dr. Klawe has held leadership positions with the American Mathematical Society, the
Computing Research Association, the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, and
the Canadian Mathematical Society. She is one of the ninemembers of the board of
Microsoft Corporation, a board member of the nonprofit Math for America, a fellow of the
American Academy of Arts & Sciences, and past chair of the board for the Anita Borg
Institute for Women and Technology in Palo Alto, Calif.
She received her Ph.D. and B.S. in Mathematics from the University of Alberta.
DR. J. MICHAEL MC CARTHY
Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace
Engineering
University of California, Irvine
The Henry Samueli School of Engineering
Address: S4203 EG
Irvine, CA 92697-3975
Phone: (949) 824-6893
Email: jmmccart@uci.edu
2010 STEM Summit Speaker
Dr. J. Michael McCarthy is Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in The
Henry Samueli School of Engineering at the University of California, Irvine. His research
interests include kinematic theory of spatial motion, design of mechanical systems, and
robotics.
Professor McCarthy is Technical Editor of the ASME Journal of Mechanical Design. He has
been a visiting Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering
and Applied Mechanics at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. and Assistant
Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Loyola Marymount University,
Los Angeles, CA.
In 1997, Dr. McCarthy was voted UCI MAE Professor of the Year by students. He received
the UC Irvine School of Engineering, Outstanding University Service Award in 1990.
Professor McCarthy is currently a Fellow in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
(ASME), a Senior Member in the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE),
Computer Society, Associate Editor Journal of Robotics Systems.
Dr. McCarthy earned his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Loyola Marymount
University, Los Angeles, and he received his M.S. and and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering
from Stanford University.
DR. KATHLEEN E. METZ
Associate Professor
University of California, Berkeley
Cognition and Development
Address: 4313 Tolman
Berkeley, CA 94720
Phone: (510) 642-7977
Email: kmetz@berkeley.edu
2010 STEM Summit Speaker
Dr. Kathleen E. Metz is Associate Professor in Cognition and Development at the University
of California, Berkeley. Dr. Metz is interested in young children's scientific cognition, from
both developmental and instructional viewpoints. She was an Alfred P. Sloan Fellow in
Cognitive Science at Carnegie Mellon University and a member of Barbel Inhelder's
research team at the University of Geneva in Switzerland.
She recently completed a National Science Foundation sponsored project investigating the
power and limitations of elementary school children's scientific inquiry. Building on this
work, she and her research team are now engaged in a new NSF-funded project,
investigating the extent to which second and third graders can develop an understanding of
the conceptual underpinnings of evolution.
Dr. Metz earned her B.S. in Psychology at Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana. She
earned her M.S. at the University of Pennsylvania in Education and her Ed.D. at the
University of Massachusetts in Human Development, Teacher Education with postdoctoral
studies at Carnegie Mellon in Cognitive Science and the University of Geneva (Switzerland)
in Cognitive Development.
RICHARD MILLER
President
Olin College of Engineering
Address: Olin Way
Needham, MA 02492
Phone: (781) 292-2300
Email: Richard.Miller@olin.edu
2010 STEM Summit Speaker
Richard K. Miller was appointed the President the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering in 1999. Previously he served as Dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Iowa from 1992-1999, and spent the previous 17 years on the engineering faculties at the University of Southern California (where he held the position of Associate Dean for Academic Affairs) and the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Dr. Miller's research interests are in structural dynamics and nonlinear mechanics with application to earthquake engineering and spacecraft structural design. He is the author or co-author of nearly 100 reviewed journal articles and other technical publications. His research interests are in nonlinear dynamic phenomena such as vibroimpact of adjacent structures during earthquakes, elastic wave propagation in frictionally bonded solids, stability and deformation in wrinkling membranes, active control of large civil structures, and dynamic identification of hysteretic structures. His work in spacecraft structures includes the design of large precision deployable truss antenna structures, the design of large inflatable reflectors, and the accurate analysis of the large deformation of articulated trusses during deployment. He has been a consultant to several companies including The Aerospace Corporation, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Hughes Aircraft Company (now Raytheon Company), and Astro Aerospace Corporation (now Northrop Grumman Corporation), where he made contributions to the Heliogyro, Solares, Mast Flight Experiment, Milstar, Mobile Transporter, and other projects
Dr. Miller has received numerous awards including the Legacy award from the College of Engineering at the University of Iowa, and was recognized in 2006 by the Mass High Tech journal as an All Star for his work in leading the establishment of Olin College. He serves on the Board of Trustees of Babson and Olin Colleges. He has also served as the chair of the National Science Foundation’s Engineering Advisory Committee and on several advisory committees for the National Academy of Engineering, Harvard University, and other institutions. In addition, he has served as a consultant to the World Bank in the establishment of new academic institutions. He is a member of AIAA, ASME, ASCE, ASEE, Tau Beta Pi, Phi Kappa Phi, and Sigma Xi. A native Californian, Dr. Miller earned his B.S. degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of California, Davis. In 1972, he earned his M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
DR. RAY E. MORRISON
President
Associates for Continuing Education in
Technology and Science, LLC
Marietta, GA 30062
Phone: (770) 565-4704
Email: ray.morrison@comcast.net
2010 STEM Summit Speaker
Dr. Ray Morrison is President and Principal Consultant of the Marietta, GA. based
consulting firm, ACETS (Associates for Continuing Education in Technology and Science).
He has served as Engineering Manager for University Relations, Engineering Training,
Manager for the Software Engineering Retraining Program (SERP), Deputy Manager for
the Software Engineering Process Department, Manager of the Lockheed Technical
Institute, the Lockheed Manufacturing Institute, and Master’s Degree liaison to Georgia
Tech at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. He is the recipient of two Lockheed Martin
Aeronautical Systems ―Eagle Awards‖.
He served in manager positions at the University of California's Los Alamos National
Laboratory and was first Director of the University of New Mexico's Instrumentation
Engineering Technology Program. He is the recipient of the EPDA National Fellowship,
awarded by the U.S. Department of Education, the State of New Mexico and the University
of Missouri, for excellence and scholarship in Technical Education. He was elected to
Fellow status in the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE).
Dr. Morrison has many publications, the most recent being a text book for engineering
leadership programs, ―Developing Effective Engineering Leadership‖ published by the IEE,
London, England, and a 13 volume compendium entitled ―The Evolution of Engineering
Technology in the Field of Engineering Education," published by the ASEE.
Dr. Morrison has a Ph.D. from the University of Missouri in Technical Education, his
Master's from Syracuse University in Communications Technology, his B.S. from the State
University of New York, and an A.A.S. in Mechanical Engineering Technology, from
Hudson Valley Community College, Troy, NY.
MICHAEL M. RUANE
Executive Director Children and Families Commission of Orange County
Address: 17320 Redhill Ave, Suite 200
Irvine, CA 92614
Phone: (714) 834-6074
Email: Michael.Ruane@cfcoc.ocgov.com
2010 STEM Summit Speaker
Michael Ruane serves as Executive Director of the Children and Families Commission of
Orange County. The Commission is responsible for the allocation of tobacco tax revenue to
health and education programs for young children and their families, established by the
Proposition 10 voter initiative. He served as President of the First 5 Association of
California for two years, is an officer of the California Children and Families Foundation,
and Chair of the Orange County Health Needs Assessment and the Health Funders
Partnership.
Mr. Ruane held the position of Assistant County Executive Officer for Strategic and
Intergovernmental Affairs between 1996 and 2000. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Ruane
was Director of the Orange County Environmental Management Agency for the County of
Orange since 1989.
Mr. Ruane received his Masters Degree in Architecture and Urban Planning from
University California, Los Angeles, and is also an Adjunct Lecturer in the Graduate Program
in Urban and Regional Planning at University California, Irvine.
DR. HENRY SAMUELI
Founder, Broadcom
Chairman of the Board, Samueli Foundation
Address: 2101 E. Coast Hwy.
Third Floor
Corona del Mar, CA 92625
Email: info@samueli.org
2010 STEM Summit Speaker
Dr. Henry Samueli is co-founder and Chief Technology Officer at Broadcom Corporation.
He co-founded the firm in 1991. He was the Chief Scientist and one of the founders of
PairGain Technologies, Inc. and he consulted for PairGain from 1988 to 1994. From 1980 to
1985, he was employed in various engineering management positions in the Electronics and
Technology Division of TRW, Inc.
From 1985 to 1995, he was a Professor in the Electrical Engineering Department at
University California, Los Angeles, where he supervised advanced research programs in
broadband communications circuit. He has been on leave of absence from UCLA since
1995. He also serves as a Distinguished Adjunct Professor in the Electrical Engineering and
Computer Science Department at University California, Irvine. In 2000, Dr. Samueli
received the UCLA School of Engineering and Applied Science Alumnus of the Year Award
as well as the UC Irvine Medal and the University of California Presidential Medal. In 2003,
Dr. Samueli was elected to the National Academy of Engineering. Dr. Samueli received a
B.S., M.S., and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Los
Angeles.
Dr. Samueli is on the UC President’s Board on Science and Innovation and he is the
Chairman of the University California, Los Angeles Chancellor’s Competitiveness Council.
He is also on the Dean’s Advisory Boards of the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and
Applied Science at UCLA and the Henry Samueli School of Engineering at University
California, Irvine. In 1999, Dr. Samueli and his wife Susan established the Samueli
Foundation. Since its inception the Foundation has provided gifts and grants in excess of
$200 million dollars with a significant portion of the funding going to STEM (Science,
Technology, Engineering, Math) projects.
DR. HEIDI SCHWEINGRUBER
Deputy Director
The National Academies
Address: 500 Fifth Street, NW – 11th Floor
Washington, D.C. 20001
Phone: (202) 334-2164
Email:hschweingruber@nas.edu
2010 STEM Summit Speaker
Dr. Heidi Schweingruber is the Deputy Director of the Board on Science Education at the
National Research Council. As deputy director, she coordinates and oversees all of the work
of the board and has presented widely it’s behalf. She served as study director for a
congressionally mandated review of NASA’s pre-college education programs which was
completed and released on the Fall of 2007. She co-directed the study that produced the
2007 report Taking Science to School: Learning and Teaching Science in Grades K-8. She
was a primary author on the practitioner’s version of this report titled, Ready, Set, Science!
Putting Research to Work in K-8 Science Classrooms (2008) which won a 2008
distinguished achievement award from the Association of Educational Publishers for
resources in professional development. She also served as a research associate on America’s
Lab Report: Investigations in High School Science (2005).
Prior to joining the NRC, Dr. Schweingruber worked as a senior research associate at the
Institute of Education Sciences in the U.S. Department of Education. In that role, she
served as a program officer for the preschool curriculum evaluation program and for a grant
program in mathematics education. She was also a liaison to the Department of Education’s
Mathematics and Science Initiative and an adviser to the Early Reading First program.
Previously, she was the director of research for the Rice University School Mathematics
Project, an outreach program in K-12 mathematics education which serves schools and
districts in the greater Houston area. During that time, she taught in the psychology and
education departments and worked as an evaluation consultant to two NSF funded
education projects in the university. Prior to that, she was a post-doctoral researcher with
the Center for Academic and Readings Skills at the University of Texas, Houston Health
Science Center. Where, she worked on a longitudinal study of early reading skills and
instruction for low-income, minority students. She holds a Ph.D. in psychology
(developmental) and anthropology, and a certificate in culture and cognition from the
University of Michigan.
DR. WALTER G. SECADA
Senior Associate Dean, School of Education
University of Miami
Address: 5202 University Drive
222-A Merrick Bldg.
Coral Gables, FL 33146
Phone: (305) 284-4961
Email: wsecada@miami.edu
2010 STEM Summit Speaker
Dr. Walter Secada is Senior Associate Dean and Chair of the Department of Teaching and
Learning in the School of Education at the University of Miami.
Professor Secada’s research interests have included equity in education, mathematics
education, bilingual education, school restructuring, professional development of teachers,
student engagement, and reform.
Since joining the University of Miami faculty in fall 2003, Professor Secada has been
associate director and Co-PI of Promoting Science among English Language Learners (P-
SELL). Dr Secada has worked on the development of a secondary-school mathematics and
science academy that will be built on the University of Miami South Campus property.
Prior to coming to University of Miami, Dr. Secada was professor of curriculum and
instruction at the University of Wisconsin—Madison; director of Diversity in Mathematics
Education , a fellowship training Center on Learning and Teaching funded by the National
Science Foundation. Secada was editor of the Review of Research in Education published by
the American Educational Research Association (AERA) and series editor for ―Changing the
Faces of Mathematics‖ published by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
(NCTM).
A fluent speaker of Spanish, Dr. Secada has presented at major conferences in Chile and
Peru; as well as throughout the United States, and in Thailand, Taiwan, Greece, Norway,
England, Germany, and South Africa.
Dr. Secada earned a BA in philosophy from the University of Notre Dame, an MS in
mathematics and Ph.D. in education from Northwestern University.
ROBERT SIEGLER
Professor
Carnegie Mellon University
Cognitive Psychology
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Phone: (412) 268-2809
Email: rs7k@andrew.cmu.edu
2010 STEM Summit Speaker
Robert Siegler is the Teresa Heinz Professor of Cognitive Psychology at Carnegie Mellon.
His research focuses on children's thinking, particularly their mathematical and scientific
thinking. He has published more than 200 articles and chapters, written 8 books, and
edited 5 others.
Dr. Siegler's recent research focuses on how theoretical understanding of mathematical
development can be applied to improving the knowledge of preschoolers from low-income
backgrounds. This research indicates that playing certain types of numerical board games
yields large, rapid, and enduring gains in the mathematical understanding of preschoolers
and young elementary school children from impoverished families.
The contribution of Dr. Siegler's research has been recognized in numerous ways. For
2009-2010, he was chosen to be the Tisch Distinguished Visiting Professor at Teachers
College, Columbia University. From 2006-2008, he served on the National Mathematics
Advisory Panel, a group asked to recommend ways of improving mathematics education in
the U. S. In 2005, he was awarded the American Psychological Association's Distinguished
Scientific Contribution Award. In 2004, he received an honorary doctorate from the
University of Liege in Belgium. Dr. Siegler also has been invited to give keynote addresses
at more than 50 conferences, including ones in England, Scotland, France, Germany, Italy,
Belgium, Switzerland, Japan, China, Chile, Brazil, Australia, and Iceland.
TED SMITH
CEO & Chairman
MIND Research Institute
Address: 3631 S. Harbor Blvd. -Suite 200
Santa Ana, CA 92704
Phone: (714) 751-5443
Email: tsmith@mindresearch.net
2010 STEM Summit Speaker
Mr. Ted Smith is Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO of the MIND Research
Institute, a neuroscience and education non-profit corporation dedicated to education
program excellence and cutting edge scientific research.
Mr. Smith has been in the computer industry since 1960. After founding FileNet
Corporation in 1982, Mr. Smith led the company as chairman and CEO until 1998 and
continued as a director until the company was acquired by IBM in 2006. FileNet is the
worldwide leader in software for document image processing, electronic document
management, Enterprise Content Management and Internet Workflow applications.
Prior to founding FileNet, Mr. Smith was president and chief executive officer of Basic Four
Corporation, a small business computer manufacturer. Mr. Smith was the executive vice
president and a director of Sycor, Inc. before joining Basic Four.
The Institute of American Entrepreneurs named Mr. Smith Entrepreneur of the Year for
Southern California in 1987.
Mr. Smith has a BS in engineering from the University of Maryland and did graduate work
in computer science and business at University California, Los Angeles.
GERALD R. SOLOMON
Executive Director
Samueli Foundation
Address: 2101 East Coast Hwy. Third Floor
Corona del Mar, CA 92625
Phone: (949) 760-4400
Email: gsolomon@samueli.org
2010 STEM Summit Speaker
Gerald Solomon joined the Samueli Foundation in 2008 as Executive Director. Before
coming to The Samueli Foundation, Mr. Solomon served as CEO of Public Health
Foundation Enterprises (PHFE) for 7 years where he transformed the organization from an
LA‐centric provider of funding and services into national prominence. Mr. Solomon offers a
diverse executive leadership background, having served as President and CEO of several
highly successful and nationally-recognized nonprofit, as well as for‐ profit, organizations.
Mr. Solomon's nonprofit experience includes serving as President of a Child Abuse
Prevention Foundation, CEO of a multi‐state residential and outpatient drug and alcohol
treatment program, and as Executive Director of the North Coast Chamber of Commerce in
San Diego County. His career also includes a distinguished 18-years as a civil trial attorney
in San Diego, including four years as a Judge Pro Tem in the El Cajon Superior Court.
Mr. Solomon’s board engagements have included the NACCHO‐CDC national accreditation
committee developing standards for public health departments; OCHNA – Orange County
Health Needs Assessment; Chair of CMPHL – the California Medical and Public Health
Leadership Group; the Nonprofit Congress as a delegate representing California; the
Executive Steering Committee for the National Network of Fiscal Sponsors; Alliance for
Nonprofit Management headquartered in Washington DC; and Board member of the
Orange County Roundtable, a collaborative at the Orange County foundation.
Mr. Solomon received his B.A from Boston University and his doctorate of Law from
California Western School of Law.
Paul Tough
Editor and Author
New York Times Magazine
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Co.
Address: 215 Park Avenue South
New York, New York 10003
2010 STEM Summit Speaker
Paul Tough is an editor at the New York Times Magazine and one of America’s foremost
writers on poverty, education, and the achievement gap.
Mr. Tough is the author of ―Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada's Quest to Change Harlem
and America.‖ His reporting on Geoffrey Canada and the Harlem Children’s Zone originally
appeared as a Times Magazine cover story.
He is an editor at the New York Times Magazine, where he has written extensively about
education, poverty and politics, including cover stories on the Harlem Children’s Zone, the
post-Katrina school system in New Orleans, and No Child Left Behind and charter schools.
He has worked as an editor at Harper’s Magazine and as the founding editor of Open
Letters, an online magazine of first-person correspondence, and as a reporter and producer
for the public-radio program ―This American Life," where he reported, most recently, on the
parents enrolled in the Harlem Children Zone's Baby College. His writing has appeared in
Slate, Esquire, GQ, and the New Yorker. He lives with his wife and son in New York City.
DR. DEBORAH LOWE VANDELL
Chair/Professor
University of California, Irvine
Department of Education
Address: 3231 Education
Irvine, CA 92697-5500
Phone: (949) 824-7840
Email: dvandell@uci.edu
2010 STEM Summit Speaker
Deborah Lowe Vandell is the Chair of the Department of Education at the University of California,
Irvine. She holds a joint appointment in the Department of Psychology and Social Behavior. Prior to
these appointments, Professor Vandell was the Sears Bascom Professor of Education at the
University of Wisconsin, Madison where she held appointments in Educational Psychology, Human
Development and Family Studies, and Psychology.
The author of more than 140 articles, Professor Vandell's research has focused on the effects of
developmental contexts (early child care, schools, after-school programs, families, neighborhoods)
on children's social, behavioral, and academic functioning. For the last 20 years, Professor Vandell
has studied the effects of after-school programs, extracurricular activities and self-care with a
particular focus on low-income children of color. This body of work is widely cited as evidence of the
benefits after-school programs and activities.
Professor Vandell has served on advisory boards and panels for the National Academy of Science,
the National Institutes of Health, the U.S. Department of Education, the Charles Stewart Mott
Foundation, W. T Grant Foundation, and the National Institute for Early Education Research. Her
testimony before the U.S. Congress and other federal, state, and local governmental bodies has been
used to inform policy decisions in early childhood, after-school programming, and K-12 education.
Her professional service has included terms as an Associate Editor of the journal Child
Development and on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Educational Psychology, Developmental
Psychology, Journal of Family Issues, and Contemporary Psychology.
Professor Vandell received the faculty distinguished achievement award in the School of Education
at the University of Wisconsin and a distinguished teaching award at the University of Texas at
Dallas. She is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and the American Psychological
Society, and the American Educational Research Association.
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